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Otago: Wild Thyme ,White City and Penguins

November 24th 2018
Nov 6 - 8 NOTE (If you missed the last blog about Milford and Queenstown go back through the previous ones as they don’t seem to be in order. And I hope someone is reading these as the emails aren’t going out to my subscribers ...well I have to try and catch up !) Leaving Queenstown we drove along the Cromwell Gorge and aimed to take roads less travelled acros Otago and this we managed to do ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Oamaru

New Zealand Flag The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more
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25th November 2018

Looks interesting
That looks like an interesting place. I think I would I enjoy going there. The penguins come in at night, right? That's why you weren't allowed to take photos, correct? /Ake
28th November 2018

Penguins
Yes they come back from feeding at sea after sunset . No photos And we had to be silent as they don’t want anything to disturb the penguins . There was lighting so you could see them but it doesn’t disturb them.

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